The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-12-25
OF SEVENTEEN YEARS.
The Moves Made and Improve
mentS Inaugurated.
A PEEP AT THE FIRST NUMBER,
onr Prospects for the Futurs-The
Christmas Issue-SOme Inter
estiOg Comparisons.

The mammoth proportions of THE
HERGLD of this morning, and the ex-
tent to which it will be circulated, being
by ar the largest issue of any one paper
IN this section of the country, warrant
rs. We believe, in taking retrospective
view of what has been accomplished
since this paper was first launched upon
the journalistic sea. Before us is q
copy, somewhat mutilsted and des-
tFoyed by time, of the first issue of The
, HERALD. 1t is four-page sheet of six
columns, and considerably smaller than
two pages of The HERALD of to day. 1t
wss founded by Messrs. E. l.. Sloan and
". G. Dunbar, the former gentlemen as
editorand the latter as business man
ager. The "Salutatory" reads as fol-
lows:
sALUTArorY.
Numerous comments have been made
upon the grit manifested in commenc-
ing the publication OF paper
in the present dull season
of business; but we must say that the
manner in which the subscription list
Of THE HERALD ran up, on very lin
tied canvass, gave us encouragement
which we had not much groun@ to tx
pect when the enterprise was proposed.
TIE HERALD has been started under
unusual difficulties, with which
the public need not be
bored. Instead of entirely new
Cd OF
to employ some which has been in use
for time. This, it is to be hoped, our
patrons will bear with. We have but
few promises to make, but will do our
best to furnish live newspaper. How
far It will be so, our readers will be bet
ter able to tell after a seasons trial.
We acknowledge faVors received from
the Deseret NetCs Office and from many
friends; and warmly appreciate kind
wishes for our success, and tangible
evidences of their sincerity from long
list Of subscribers as well as our adver-
tisers.
With this brief Statutory, we beg leave
to roll up our sleeves and go to work"
THIS WAS SEVENTEEN YEARS AGO
the 5th of June last. and the
patronage and position which
this paper to-day enjoys are
sufficient guarantee that the
promise made at that time to
furnish the public with a live news
paper has been most faithfully per
formed.
The success of THE HERALD during
the earlier period of its existence was
due to the excellent combination
formd by uniting together the interests
of E. L. Sloan and W. G. Dunbar. The |
former will be remembered as
one of the best newspaper men
that ever graced Utah, or for
that matter any other city in
the west; the latter, close shrewd |
business man whose former training |
had taught him the value of dollar |
earned and saved. This excellent COM |
bination was further strengthened on |
September lat of the same year in |
which THE HERALD was founded-1870 |
by the addition of John T. Game to
the firm, which thereafter, and until
the incorporation of TIE HERALD
Printing and Publishing Company in
July, 1874, sailed under the firm
name of
GAME, SLOAN & DUNBAR.
When THE HERALD made it's initial
bow 10 the great public, the Office was
located in an upstairs apartment in the
Old Constitution Building on Main
Street 1t was not long, however, be,
fore these quarters became far too linn
tied IN extent for its growing business,
and more commodious premises were
secured on First South Street-in the
building then occupied by the Deseret
National Bank the z. Q. N. l. produce de-
n T.
This was on the site where the bank
building is now located. After remain
ing in this location several years,
THE NEED FOR MORE BOOM,
combined with proposition to erect
the buildings that at present grace that
corner, caused another removed, and
this time into the Old landmark lately |
demolished to make room for the hand |
some Eldredge Block. Here again was |
the old story re-enacted. Gradually /!
these quarters became too small. |
An addition was made aud for awhile
this was satisfactory. More room |
eligible site could be found was a ques- |
ton that remained unanswered for |
some time, until the ground on which |
We are now located was cured and the |
erection of eur present quarters COM
menced. Into these we moved on the I
3lst day of March, 1884, the work Of
conveying type, presses, aud the million
and enc attachments OF newspaper
Office, being successfully accomplished
wITHo5T THE LOSS OF A SINGLE ISSUE,
the paper appearing the next day as
usual. Here we have been comfort
ably and conveniently situated for over
three years, and it may be said that the
last move was a permanent one-our
present home having been built with
view to permitting an expansion when
ever circumstances required 1t. With
out the slightest exaggeration,
We think it may be safely
said The HERALD building is one of the
most convenient in the west for the
purposes for which it was intended TO